The sale includes 29 restaurants and one that's under construction, Wendy's said in a press
release.

It's part of
Wendy's plan to sell 425 of its 1,300 company-owned stores to franchisees who
promise to help the fast-food company speed up its aggressive store renovation program.

The company already has sold 24 restaurants in the Kansas City market to a subsidiary of NPC
International Inc., the largest franchisee in the Pizza Hut system. NPC International also is the
eighth-largest restaurant operator in the United States with more than 1,200 restaurants.

It also recently sold five Kansas City restaurants to long-time Wendy’s franchisee Kirk Williams
of Legacy Restaurant Group.

Wendy's shares, which briefly hit a 52-week high of $8.05 during trading on Tuesday, ended the
day down 1 percent at $7.89.